Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cap Cooper, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Cap Cooper registered to vote in Harrison County on August 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 10 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Cap Cooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cap Cooper
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "C Cooper"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsCap Cooper reported 10 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Cooper in Harrison County
- Alfred Cooperborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Bosin Cooperborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Henry Cooperborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Cooperborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Cooperborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Coopers elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 80 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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